People coming for visitation of Jabal al-Nour are not following the Islamic Sharia laws related to the visitation. Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has issued guidance to Umrah companies to not include the visitation of Jabal al-Nour in their travel packages.

According to news of Saudi’s Daily Qudrat newspaper, Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia has given instructions to Umrah companies and organizations in the country to exclude the Jabal al-Nour Visitation from their travel packages.

According to international media sources, Ministry of Hajj ha also asked all the Umrah travel companies to comply this new rule and also spread the word about it.

Government of Makah Mukarma sent a letter to Ministry of Hajj & Umrah stating that Ministry of Islamic Affairs has noticed abundance of activities that are both polytheistic and are Bid’ah. Ministry also made up an investigation committee to take notice of these things. Committee has made recommendation that Instructors and Tourist Companies should give in an indentures that they will not include visitation of Jabal al-Nour in their Hajj & Umrah packages.

The recommendation by committee was based on the argument that things happening around Jabal al-Nour these days are not legal according to Sharia. People going there are breaking the discipline and laws of the Islamic Sharia. One other argument for this recommendation was that people often fell from the mountain and loses their life. These are the reason to save people from loss of life and both their religion.

The letter issued by Ministry of Hajj & Umrah has also warned Hajj companies and organization that if they ever took pilgrims to Jabal al-Nour they will be thoroughly investigated and will also face certain bans.